Unless by FBS you mean Toledo, App St, or UNC Charlotte. These 2 teams are well coached and have an experienced coaching staff. Their athletes talent is right on par with what we have on roster. Our AD made a remark when commenting about Conklin that coach has "competed against the brightest minds in college football". I think Wofford made a step towards big time football by bringing in Conklin and hopefully letting him surround himself with like caliber coaches. But now it's on fans and alums. Do we want feel good stories or are we comitted to do what it takes to be at a JMU or NDSU level?

If you are basing that opinion on the game I just observed, you must have watched some other game! Any number of bottom dwellers in any of the power 5 conferences would have dominated either of those teams! What I would love to see is NDSU play a top tier FBS school each year (as WOF does) and see the results. Talk to Appy and GSU!

Personally I thought both teams played rather poorly in the title game. JMU dropped an unbelievable number of wide open passes, and they got totally jobbed on a couple of reviewed calls. NDSU also seemed to play at below their normal level. Now, the fact that they were playing each other, on a neutral field, in a national championship certainly plays into to the equation. However, there is no doubt in my mind that either of those teams would be very successful in most of the below power 5 leagues-probably winning many. On the other hand, the lower number of scholarships and coaches found on the FCS teams has to make it tougher than FBS. I just saw that FBS has allowed a tenth assistant in 2018. Even in some of the non Big 5 conferences the head coach is being paid a million dollars, and the coaching staff is probably being paid another $1 1/2 Million. That, combined with another 22 full scholarships, is a big gap.